August 1 marks six months since Funding Attractions was launched and we wanted to do something special to thank our readers.  As you may remember from one of Liza’s recent posts, we recently released eight new titles for grantseekers, grant…

As you may have noticed last week, we’ve started to roll out some of the changes we said were coming down the pike. We’ve added a regularly occurring feature, Roundup Reel, to bring you some of the top news stories…

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Public housing agencies would have to consider the health of their facilities over the next two decades under proposed regulations that the Department of Housing and Urban…

About every guy I know has it happen every so often. He’s discussing important business details with a buddy, mind focused on the key points he intends to make. Then an attractive female walks by, he pauses to glance, and…

With this year’s Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement coming out months later than originally anticipated by the Office of Management and Budget*, you may still be scrambling to get up to speed on it.  Luckily for you, we can help —…

(This post is excerpted from an article in the Aug. 1 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) Earlier this year, the National Endowment for the Arts replaced its category of grants for television and radio with a new, broader category that…

Have you noticed the ads for school supplies starting to appear in the weekend papers?  Although it’s a little hard to believe in the midst of the current heat wave, the start of another year is just a few weeks…

The debt ceiling debate has been a fast-moving target for the last several weeks, with life seemingly breathed into a different proposal every day as the clock inexorably ticks down. Today marks the deadline the president has identified for the…

As talks over the debt ceiling drag on (despite President Obama’s stated deadline tomorrow and the Treasury Department’s hard deadline two weeks out), it’s important not to lose sight of the unfinished fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills. Many of them…

Oh MAN, is it hot out there — and I ain’t just talking about the debt ceiling slugfest that’s happening just a few blocks away from here. With the heat index expected to top 110 in the DC area over…